12 April 2009 NYT Crossword Clues

NYT Crossword Answer: 12 April 2009

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H
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A
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L
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I
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T
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E
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G
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A
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S
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P
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A
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W
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L
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O
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R
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G
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S
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E
M
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N
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N
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T
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A
M
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R
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N
E
E
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H
E
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P
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M
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S
G
A
V
E
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M
O
N
O
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G
E
T
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S
S
O
R
E
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P
E
P
E
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O
R
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S
E
R
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D
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I
S
P
L
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A
S
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D
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S
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P
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R
A
L
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P
U
N
T
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I
C
Y
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C
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O
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S
T
A
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I
P
E
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C
A
C
S
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S
V
U
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A
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B
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C
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A
B
A
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S
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H
E
S
G
O
N
E
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S
U
E
R
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T
O
O
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D
O
G
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S
T
A
R
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P
E
R
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O
T
S
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E
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P
O
C
H
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S
E
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P
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D
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R
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A
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L
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L
A
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M
D
A
N
C
E
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R
U
B
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E
R
E
S
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M
O
N
A
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R
A
I
N
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S
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Q
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U
A
R
E
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P
E
G
S
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R
O
U
N
D
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H
O
L
E
S
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E
A
S
Y
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S
U
N
Y
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D
E
S
I
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I
A
L
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I
N
N
E
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U
T
R
A
L
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A
B
E
S
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G
N
E
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I
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S
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S
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S
T
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R
N
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S
C
L
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E
R
A
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M
A
G
E
N
T
A
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M
A
W
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C
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H
E
T
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A
N
G
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E
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L
I
N
A
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K
E
G
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O
S
S
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L
A
D
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C
R
I
S
P
E
R
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R
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A
S
P
S
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A
A
S
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C
A
P
T
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H
A
R
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A
S
S
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R
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I
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N
G
S
A
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B
E
L
L
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O
R
N
O
T
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L
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E
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A
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S
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A
C
C
E
P
T
E
D
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U
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S
T
A
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R
O
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B
E
R
T
S
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N
O
O
N
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I
T
E
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G
E
R
I
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S
L
O
E
G
I
N
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I
N
S
T
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T
A
S
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S
P
A
M
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L
A
P
S
E
S

Hints & Clues

Across
1
Rock salt : HALITE
7
[I'm shocked!] : GASP
11
Item in a belt-maker's tool belt : AWL
14
Grps. : ORGS
18
Distinguished : EMINENT
20
AARP part: Abbr. : AMER
21
Formerly : NEE
22
Wickfield's scheming partner in "David Copperfield" : HEEP
23
Felt suspicion : MISGAVE
24
Like early Beatles recordings : MONO
25
Becomes peeved : GETSSORE
27
Cartoon skunk : PEPE
28
1987 champion skater Brian : ORSER
30
Frowning : DISPLEASED
32
Shell shape : SPIRAL
34
Give up, slangily : PUNT
35
Not offering traction, in a way : ICY
36
___ del Sol : COSTA
39
Medicinal syrups : IPECACS
41
"Law & Order: ___" : SVU
42
Epitome of simplicity : ABC
45
Attorneys' org. : ABA
46
1976 top 10 hit for Hall & Oates : SHESGONE
48
One who goes a-courting? : SUER
49
"___ bad" : TOO
50
Bright spot in the night sky : DOGSTAR
52
Politico Ross and family : PEROTS
54
Ages and ages : EPOCH
56
Came through the wall, maybe : SEEPED
57
Stairway part : RAIL
59
Punk rock club activity : SLAMDANCE
61
Catch : RUB
62
You are: Sp. : ERES
63
Marisa's role in "My Cousin Vinny" : MONA
64
Word repeated before "go away" : RAIN
65
Things that may not go in 69-Across : SQUAREPEGS
69
See 65-Across : ROUNDHOLES
71
Word with chair or street : EASY
72
Schools in Albany and Oneonta are part of it: Abbr. : SUNY
73
First name in '50s comedy : DESI
74
Suffix with adverb : IAL
75
Idling : INNEUTRAL
77
Fivers : ABES
78
Layered rock : GNEISS
82
Hard-nosed : STERN
83
Eyeball covering : SCLERA
85
Plumlike shade : MAGENTA
86
Gaping opening : MAW
87
Newsman Huntley : CHET
89
"Farewell, ___" (Dylan song popularized by Joan Baez) : ANGELINA
92
Tap site : KEG
93
Org. in the 1946 thriller "Cloak and Dagger" : OSS
94
Huck Finn, e.g. : LAD
95
Refrigerator part : CRISPER
96
Horseshoers' tools : RASPS
98
Some batteries : AAS
99
"Aye, aye!" hearer: Abbr. : CAPT
100
Bug : HARASS
102
Sounds familiar : RINGSABELL
106
"... but I could be wrong" : ORNOT
107
Places to graze : LEAS
111
Took : ACCEPTED
112
Org. for singles? : USTA
114
Rehnquist's successor : ROBERTS
116
Good time for suntanning : NOON
117
Native's suffix : ITE
118
Spice Girl Halliwell : GERI
119
Fizz ingredient : SLOEGIN
120
Tech. school : INST
121
Univ. aides : TAS
122
Many unread messages : SPAM
123
Small mistakes : LAPSES
Down
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Crop grown by George Washington : HEMP
2
Billet-doux recipient : AMIE
3
Orator's challenge : LISP
4
Swallow : INGEST
5
Caffeine source : TEA
6
End of a ballade : ENVOI
7
Cause of a limp : GAMELEG
8
Son of Venus : AMOR
9
Something D.C. does not have : SEN
10
Film V.I.P. : PRODUCER
11
Unsettled feeling : ANGST
12
Boo-hoo : WEEP
13
Spare : LETLIVE
14
Key opening? : OHSAY
15
Vintage cars : REOS
16
"Nights in Rodanthe" star, 2008 : GERE
17
Careered : SPED
19
Game pursuer : TERRIER
26
In the hold, say : SECURED
29
Suckers : SAPS
31
Entrances : INS
33
1936 Oscar-winning title role for Paul Muni : PASTEUR
34
"What's My Line?" features : PANELS
36
Heartbreaker types : CADS
37
"O" in the old Army phonetic alphabet : OBOE
38
Mint relative : SAGE
40
Knockoffs : COPIES
41
Best-selling novelist about whom Gore Vidal said "She doesn't write, she types!" : SUSANN
42
Lacking a key : ATONAL
43
Game with balls : BOCCIE
44
Songwriter Leonard and others : COHENS
47
Really ought to : HADBEST
48
End of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 9/23/1806 : STLOUIS
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Exterminator's tool : SPRAYER
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Diffuse slowly : OSMOSE
55
Recent release? : PAROLEE
57
Simulate, as an event : REENACT
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Historic Scottish county : ARGYLL
60
Amy of "Field of Dreams" : MADIGAN
65
Prefix with graph : SEISMO
66
Flying Kangaroo company : QANTAS
67
Longtime Time rival, informally : USNEWS
68
Puckered : PURSED
69
Packs again, as groceries : REBAGS
70
Buildings on some bases : HANGARS
73
"Phooey!" : DARNIT
76
Remove, as a necklace : UNCLASP
79
Closes, as a deal : INKS
80
Instructions part : STEP
81
Doesn't look at all youthful : SAGS
84
Silencers? : EARPLUGS
85
Duplicates exactly : MIRRORS
88
Attacks : HASATIT
90
Patriarch of a tribe of Israel : EPHRAIM
91
Show a preference : LEAN
95
Political columnist Thomas : CAL
97
Not up : ASLEEP
98
Representative : AGENT
99
Hands over : CEDES
101
Transpacific landing site : ATOLL
102
Eastern queen : RANI
103
Something to click : ICON
104
PX patrons : NCOS
105
Test stage : BETA
106
Other, in Oaxaca : OTRA
108
Physics 101 units : ERGS
109
In ___ (even) : ATIE
110
Some IDs: Abbr. : SSNS
113
Natl. Library Card Sign-Up Month : SEP
115
Diva's wrap : BOA